Shoe-lace fastener.



W. D. BUCHTEL.

SHOE LACE FASTENER.

APPLICATION HLEDDECJO. 1913.

mams@ fpatend May 4, 1915.

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WILLIAM D. BUCHTEL, PAXTON, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO XII'JLIAMV E. PAXTON, OF PAXTON, NEBRASKA.

SHOE-LACE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May ,4, 1915.

Application filed December 20, 1913. Serial No. 807,967.

ers,-and more particularly to the'class of.

lacing hooks for shoes, gloves, or the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a lacing hookof this character wherein the shoe lacing 'can be readily and easily engaged therein and tied in the ordinary manner for the fastening of the shoe on the wearer, the hooks being designed to obviate the catching of the garments thereon.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a shoe lacing hook which is simple in construction, easily manufactured, readily applied in position, and also which will present a smooth surface sothat the clothing of a wearer will not become damaged thereby.

Vtith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing:-I*`igure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a portion of a shoe upper showing the lacing hooks constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line Qf-Q of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of a portion of -the shoe upper showing the hook in open position. Fig. l is a sectional jview taken on line 1-4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 4.- F ig. 6 is a detaii view of the hook element.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views" in the drawing. 1

' Referring to the drawing in detail, 5 designates the shoe upper, 6 the lacing, and as these parts may be of the usual or any preferred construction, detailed description is deemed unnecessary. The upper has mounted therein the usual eyelets 7 through which is trained the lacing toward the upper edge of the said upper.

The invention resides in the shoe lacing hook, in this instance two being employed, the same being mounted on the upper near the top free edge thereof. Each shoe lacing hook comprises a base plate 8 formed with corner spurs 9 which are bent at right angles thereto and adapted to be passed through the body of the upper and clenched on the inner side thereof'in any desirable inanner, the plate 8 being formed with acentral elongated opening 10, while on the opposite sides of the latter are out-struck portions 11 providing bearings in which is engaged the -cross pivot end 1:; of a swinging hook 13 with which is adapted to be engaged the lacing. Secured to and arranged rearwardlyv of the base plate 8 is a leaf spring 14 which engages with the pivot end 12 of thehook so as to' act thereon for sustaining it in opener closed position. The outer or free end of the hook is bent over and under to forno a bill 15, having a rounded edge 1C which is directed toward the upper free edge of the upper 5, and this bill 15 is adapted to bear against the shoe upper when the hook 13 is c1osed,so as toprevent the freeing/it' the lacing which is engaged with the hook 13 and pulled taut for the tightening of the same when it is desired to fasten the shoe. upper to the wearer. lVhen the hook 13 is in closed position the bill 15 thereof is hidbil den so that a smooth surface is exposed to obviate the catching of the garments of the wearer, thereby avoiding damage to such garments. W hen the hook is thrown to open position the lacing can be readily drawn out of the bill 15 for the unlacing of the shoe.

F'rom'the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of use of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

That 'is claimed is In a shoe lace fastener, a base plate secured to the upper of the shoe and having an elongated opening therein, bearings rising from said plate at the opposite sides of the opening, a leaf spring interposed between said plate and shoe upper and slightly spacing the former from the latter, a hook of the shank portion of the hook lto provide member swngingly mounted in said beere bill; 10 ings4 and operating through the opening in In testimony whereof ix my signature said plate for engagement with said spring in presence of two witnesses.

whereby the hook is .held under tension in WILLIAM D. BUCHTEL.

either open or closed position, said hook Witnesses: comprising an elongated strip of metal hay- HUGH G. MGGINITY, ing its free end bent under and rearwardly AMY ELDER. 

